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Tuesday, October 27, 2015

Turkey's secular CHP fights 'authoritarian' President Erdogan - Report: Turkey - RFI

Turkey's secular CHP fights 'authoritarian' President Erdogan

By Tony Cross

Turkey's second election this year, to be held on Sunday, is supposed to end a stalemate that arose from the failure of June's general election to give any party enough seats to govern. President Reccep Tayyip Erdogan's Islamist Justice and Development Party (AKP) won the most votes last time round but faces vigourous opposition from three parties - the pro-Kurd HDP, the right-wing secular MHP and the more left-wing secular CHP. They accuse Erdogan of becoming increasingly authoritarian and are looking for allies to force the AKP out of government.

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